Matt Weldon's photos

Allen County, Indiana This shot shows the second pole remnant open wire phone line leading to a house on private property. Looks like a small cable was adding many years later and then eventually CATV. The two glass insulators are CD 122 Hemingray-16 or 17. Two wire open phone lines on old wooden side brackets were still somewhat common along the rural country roads around Fort Wayne back in the early to mid 70's. This is the last remaining remnant of an open wire phone line I know of around the Fort Wayne area. This shot shows the first pole leading to the house. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/23349223

Allen County, Indiana This shot shows a remnant lead to a single user open phone line on private property leading to a house. Looks like the open wire was cut and a small cable spliced in many years ago. The two glass insulators are CD 122 Hemingray-16 or 17. Two wire open phone lines on old wooden side brackets were still somewhat common along the rural country roads around Fort Wayne back in the early to mid 70's. This is the last remaining remnant of an open wire phone line I know of around the Fort Wayne area. This shot shows the next pole leading to the house. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/23349227

A shot of an old City Light and Power, Indiana Michigan Power utility pole in the neighborhood of Spy Run in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Small sections of Spy Run and sections of Northside are the last two neighborhoods in Fort Wayne to have some of the old CL&P/I&M poles still up in service. This shot shows an alley crossarm on the old City Light and Power lines along with two CD 168 Hemingray D-510 glass insulators. The nearly full moon was a nice bonus with the late evening lighting. Before March 1, 1975 the top crossarm would of been I&M while the bottom one CL&P. After that date, I&M leased from CL&P for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne.

Packard Park, Fort Wayne While driving around Fort Wayne this winter I discovered one more area that has the old City Light and Power poles that were in an inner city park called Packard Park. With the poles being in a city park it would only have the City Light and Power lines, whereas in the neighborhoods it would of been both City Light and Power (CL&P) and Indiana Michigan Power (I&M). On March 1, 1975 all CL&P lines were leased to I&M for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne. In this park there were eight old poles that had ball diamond lighting and one intermediate pole without the lights. All eight poles with the lighting had an old transformer, box cutout, lightning arrester, and the typical glass insulator for the one wire. This shot shows a close up of an old GE transformer, box cutout, and two CD 218 Hemingray-660 glass insulators. This pole also had the lighting on top for the ball diamond. This shot shows the same pole in a wide angle shot showing the ball diamond lighting. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/22620221

Packard Park, Fort Wayne While driving around Fort Wayne this winter I discovered one more area that has the old City Light and Power poles that were in an inner city park called Packard Park. With the poles being in a city park it would only have the City Light and Power lines, whereas in the neighborhoods it would of been both City Light and Power (CL&P) and Indiana Michigan Power (I&M). On March 1, 1975 all CL&P lines were leased to I&M for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne. In this park there were eight old poles that had ball diamond lighting and one intermediate pole without the lights. All eight poles with the lighting had an old transformer, box cutout, lightning arrester, and the typical glass insulator for the one wire. This shot shows a wide angle shot showing the ball diamond lighting with an old GE transformer, box cutout, and two CD 218 Hemingray-660 glass insulators. This shot shows a close up of the same pole. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/22620223

Williams County, Ohio Here is a close up shot of a CD 302 Hemingray glass insulator still in service use in Ohio along highway 20. You can clearly see the front embossing on the insulator and how the copper tie wire is wrapped around the main copper wire.

Williams County, Ohio A pole with four CD 302 Hemingray glass insulators still in service use in Ohio along highway 20. Last week I shot about 25 more poles with the CD 302s in service use and counted 108 still in use. Most say Ohio on the reverse embossed side along with a few Muncie Type. This is a very rare sight today to see large colored glass pin type power insulators in service use.

A general freight train CSX Q637-04 passes a classic C&O signal bridge and the old red barn just north of Fostoria, Ohio. The C&O Pemberville Subdivision is one of the last eastern railroads that still has a functional railroad pole line in use.

Noble County, Indiana A close up shot of a CD 220 Hemingray-670 in service use supporting a single-phase circuit. These used to be so common around rural northern Indiana but are fast being replaced with new upgrades. I've only seen Hemingray-670s on single-phase circuits in northern Indiana. Here is a wide angle shot of the same pole. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/21800677

Noble County, Indiana A wide angle shot of a CD 220 Hemingray-670 in service use supporting a single-phase circuit. These used to be so common around rural northern Indiana but are fast being replaced with new upgrades. I've only seen Hemingray-670s on single-phase circuits in northern Indiana. Here is a close up shot of the same pole. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/21800679

A shot of an old City Light and Power, Indiana Michigan Power utility pole in the neighborhood of Northside in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sections of Northside and small sections of Spy Run are the last two neighborhoods in Fort Wayne to have some of the old CL&P/I&M poles still up in service. This is about the oldest looking CL&P/I&M pole I've seen in Fort Wayne. The two glass insulators are CD 272 Whitall Tatum 511As. Before March 1, 1975 the top two crossarms would of been I&M while the bottom two CL&P. After that date, I&M leased from CL&P for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne.

822 Clark Ave., Bluffton, Indiana A shot showing a very old pole using three CD 230 Hemingray 512s in service use along Clark Ave. in Bluffton, Indiana. Looks like the insulation is coming off the conductors.

Here is the other side or early morning shot of my previous photo of the two old cast iron Westinghouse transformers. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/20989245

A shot of an old City Light and Power, Indiana Michigan Power utility pole in the neighborhood of Spy Run in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Small sections of Spy Run and sections of Northside are the last two neighborhoods in Fort Wayne to have some of the old CL&P/I&M poles still up in service. This shot shows an old transformer bank with the two outside ones being very old cast iron Westinghouse transformers. The glass insulator is a CD 272 Whitall Tatum 511A. I waited over two months to get perfect lighting on this shot. Not only was I bless with the nice late evening light but also with nearly a full moon. Before March 1, 1975 the top two crossarms would of been I&M while the bottom one along with the secondary lines with the spool insulators CL&P. After that date, I&M leased from CL&P for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne.

Williams County, Ohio A pole with four CD 302 Hemingray glass insulators still in service use in Ohio along highway 20. I must of counted about a hundred of them all along highway 20 in Ohio. Most are embossed with Ohio on the reverse side along with some Muncie Type in smaller numbers. This is a very rare sight today to see large colored glass pin type power insulators still in service use.

Williams County, Ohio A pole with two CD 302 Hemingray glass insulators still in service use in Ohio along highway 20. I must of counted about a hundred of them all along highway 20 in Ohio. Most are embossed with Ohio on the reverse side along with some Muncie Type in smaller numbers. This is a very rare sight today to see large colored glass pin type power insulators still in service use.

835 West Market Street, Bluffton, Indiana Old series street lighting circuits in Bluffton, Indiana using four CD 230 Hemingray - 512 glass insulators.

Kosciusko County, Indiana This male Lilypad Clubtail was taken in the Tri-County Fish & Wildlife Area. It was my first dragonfly shot for the 2013 season. Not bad considering that this dragonfly species is very rare for Indiana.